Mathews County Unincorporated

Signs permitted in Business Districts (B-1) and (B-2) and Industrial District (I): One freestanding home occupation sign limited to eight square feet in area and eight feet in height... Off-premises signs permitted only on properties zoned B-1, B-2 or I.

Wherever there shall be plans in existence... the commission or governing body may require additional front yard setbacks for any new construction... adjacent to the future planned right-of-way.

Cluster development standards: no lot width or area requirements; side yard setbacks 10 ft, rear 20 ft; common open space at least 40% of gross area.

Cluster development of single-family dwellings shall be permitted by right in the RU, R-1, and R-2 Zoning Districts.

Multifamily residential uses shall comply with the other requirements of this chapter such as, but not limited to, the off-street parking regulations set forth in Article 12.

Lot width at the front lot line shall be measured as the shortest distance between the two points created where the side lot lines intersect the front lot line.

Every shoreline setback required by this chapter shall be measured as the shortest distance between any point on the shoreline and any point on the building, structure or use subject to such setback requirement.

In calculating the area of any lot for the purpose of compliance with the minimum lot area requirements of the district regulations, wetlands, including marsh, and areas outboard of the shoreline shall be excluded.

Along both sides of Route 14 from the Gloucester County - Mathews County jurisdictional boundary to the highway's intersection with Route 621, the minimum setback (yard requirement) for buildings, both primary and accessory, shall be 100 feet from the edge of the right-of-way.

In instances where it is proposed that more than one dwelling unit or principal business activity be conducted on the same lot or parcel, the minimum lot size requirement to conduct such multiple uses shall be equal to the number of principal uses times the minimum lot size for that zoning district.

Any open dump in existence upon the effective date of § 175-15.22A through D of this chapter shall be removed upon notice as required by § 175-20.8 of this chapter on or before 12 consecutive months subsequent to the effective date of this section.

Therapeutic massage facilities shall be permitted by right in the B-2 and VMU districts.

Adult bookstores, adult theaters and cabarets shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from any church, school, residential district or other place where minors regularly congregate.

A conditional use permit issued by the Board of Supervisors shall be required for: (1) Any convenience store; (2) Any commercial building (including a flexible residential/business structure) which exceeds 7,500 square feet of floor area; or (3) Any commercial building... which generates, or would be expected to generate, 150 or more additional trips to and from the site during the peak hour...

All nonresidential uses shall be subject to the following regulations: A. Parking areas. The lighting in parking areas shall be directed and designed so as not to produce glare on any adjacent property or right-of-way and no lighting fixture shall exceed a height of 30 feet.

The following shall apply to all owner-operator auto service facilities in addition to any conditions imposed with the requisite conditional use permit: ... D. All outside storage... shall be screened from view by height appropriate opaque fencing and/or landscaping. E. One freestanding sign no larger than 16 square feet shall be used to identify the proposed auto repair.

The following regulations shall apply to short-term vacation rental uses: ... B. The number of transient guests shall not exceed two persons per bedroom for each dwelling unit... E. Minimum off-street parking for the short-term vacation rental use shall comply with Article 12 of the Zoning Ordinance.

The following shall apply to all small-scale alcohol production facilities: A. Hours of operation. No facility shall be open for retail sales between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Sundays. ... D. Production limits. Annual production shall be limited to the following amounts. Exceptions to these amounts may be made through a conditional use permit. (1) Beer: 10,000 barrels. (2) Wine and cider: 5,000 gallons. (3) Distilled spirits: 36,000 gallons.

The following regulations shall apply to mobile food vending vehicles within certain zoning districts of the County. ... B. General operational requirements. ... (3) Setbacks. Food trucks shall be parked at least 100 feet from any off-site residential dwelling or the main entrance of any existing off-site restaurant establishment.

Automobile graveyards and junkyards and automotive dismantling facilities in existence in Residential-1, Residential-2, Business-1, Business-2, Rural, Conservation and Industrial Districts at the time of the adoption of this chapter are to be considered as nonconforming uses. They shall be allowed up to three years after the adoption of this chapter in which to completely screen, on any side open to view from a public street, the operation or use by a masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence, or an evergreen hedge, which wall, fence or hedge, shall be minimum of six feet in height.